Tag: Continental Congress
In 1971, the National Archives established the Center for the Documentary Study of the American Revolution through its American Revolution Bicentennial Administration (Records of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration: RG 452), at Archives I in Washington, DC. As one of the major Bicentennial projects, the center was a sort of “one stop” location for the [...]
Posted by Monique Politowski on September 18, 2012, under Archives I, Civil Records, Reference.
Tags: Continental Congress, Ford Foundation, PCC, RG 360, RG 452, Steven Tilley Comments: 5
This week in 1775, the battles of Lexington and Concord were fought in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts militia and Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith’s group of British troops suffered casualties, but it is still unclear which side fired the first shot that began the American Revolution. RG 360, The Papers of the Continental Congress, compiled 1774 – [...]
Posted by Monique Politowski on April 17, 2012, under Archives I, Civil Records, NARA beyond DC/MD.
Tags: Abraham Garfield, American Revolution, Benjamin Monroe, Concord, Continental Congress, Edward Richardson, Edward T. Gould, Ephraim Melvin, Francis Smith, Francis Wheeler, Gregory Stone, Isaac Parks, Isaac Pierce, James Barrett, John Barrett, John Brown, John Hoar, John Parker, John Whitehead, Jonathan Farrar, Joseph Butler, Joseph Chandler, Lexington, Massachusetts State Papers, Monique Politowski, Nathan Barrett, Nathan Buttrick, Peter Wheeler, RG 360, Robinson Bradbury, Samuel Barrett, Samuel Spring, Silas Walker, Stephen Hosmer Jr., Thaddeus Bancroft, Thomas Jones, William Hosmer Comments: 3
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